A few weeks ago Jeff Dietrich, long time member of the Los Angeles Catholic Worker for 36 years, turned 60. Dennis Apel, of the Guadalupe Catholic Worker, sent me photos of Jeff’s Birthday party at the Richmond Bar & Grill in El Segundo. For the curious the photos are online at: http://lacatholicworker.org/g/Jeffs_Birthday/
April 23, 3 PM
Dolores Mission Church, 170 S. Gless Street, East LA.
Join the Los Angeles Catholic Worker and friends for our annual Seder meal where we will celebrate the liberation from slavery for all people. Each year our Seder meal is a lot of fun, pictures of last year’s event can be found here: http://lacatholicworker.org/g/seder05
Please call to sign up to bring a salad or desert, reserve a seat and get directions.
(323) 267-8789
April 14 @ 3 PM
Gather at 300 N. Los Angeles St.
Join the Los Angeles Catholic Worker, friends and volunteers as we process through downtown LA to locations of darkness where Christ continues to be crucified.
Photos of last years event can be found here: http://lacatholicworker.org/g/stations-05/
Long time Los Angeles Catholic Worker, Jeff Dietrich, was arrested along with seven others in front of U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein’s office this morning. The demonstration was organized by Steve Gibson from the AFSC, to protest Senator Feinstein’s complacency as the war in Iraq marks a third anniversary this week.
Photos from the demonstration.
Several years ago the Los Angeles Catholic Worker was blessed to have Cesar Chavez give a talk to the summer interns, volunteers and friends at our local Jesuit parish Dolores Mission.
Introduction by Jeff Dietrich
Cesar Chavez part 1
Cesar Chavez part 2
Recently two Catholic Worker came to my attention, and they deserve to be highlighted.
The first is Dutch, pink, and Catholic Worker all around. I think this website has been around for a while, but recently received an over-haul, and a domain name change. The site has information in both English and Dutch.
http://www.catholicworker.be/
The second is a new website, from the St. Francis folks in Columbia, MO. The site is neatly laid out, with quite a bit of information about the CW movement in general, and borrowing from their Dutch Bretheren, the site is as purple, as the Dutch are pink.
http://www.stfranciscommunity.org/
I had not had the oportunity to meet Ladon Sheats before he passed away, just a little over three years ago. I am not sure of the exact date of this recording, I assume it was some time in the 70’s. In it he recounts his early life as an IBM CEO in the 60’s and his call and conversion to a life of radical Christian discipleship. In the years after his conversion he carried all of his worldy belongings in a backpack, and traveled around the country, spending time at monasteries, Catholic Worker Houses, and commiting acts of civil disobediance. For those who, like myself, never met him I urge you to give it a chance, he starts out a bit slow, but I have found his talk to be very powerful.
Ladon Sheats Part 1
Ladon Sheats Part 2
Please excuse the pops and clips in the recording, the quality of the original was poor.
With any luck the March 2006 issue of the Catholic Agitator will be printed and mailed within the week. We are very excited about the articles in this issue and we hope you will too. It is available online at:
http://lacatholicworker.org/agitator/CatholicAgitator2006-03.pdf
In this issue:
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